CDC global map showcasing the outbreak of the coronavirus around the world as of 12pm ET,
April 27, 2020.

In a recent article in “The Hill” entitled
“U.N. biodiversity chief calls for international ban of wet markets”, the author of that piece, Justin Wise1, reported on the interview between the Guardian Magazine and Elizabeth
Maruma Mrema, the acting executive secretary of the U.N. Convention of Biological Diversity. In that interview, Elizabeth made this statement.

“The message we are getting isif we don’t take care of nature, it will take care of us.”

The article by Justin goes on to further
state:

"The comments came as officials around
the world ramp up their calls for countries such as China to crack down on wildlife markets that are believed to play a leading role of infectious diseases. Experts believe the novel coronavirus
first appeared in a wet market in Wuhan, China, known for selling exotic game alongside more common animals."

The Gallatin Wildlife Association (GWA) suggests that its membership and all
viewers read this article by Justin. Its link can be found here:

While there may be some unknowns as to how this virus spread, whether it was
from bats or pangolins to humans, or some other connection, there doesn’t seem much disagreement that it did. GWA makes that last statement based upon another research article based in the Global
Health News Wire2. Here this article states this epidemic was of natural origin, disputing those conspiracy theories of a man-made virus experiment gone awry. There are two
possibilities mentioned in that article and explained here:

"In one sccenario, the virus evolved to its current pathogenic state
through natural selection in a non-human host and then jumped to humans. This is how previous coronavirus outbreaks have emerged, with humasn contracting the virus after direct exposure to civets
(SARS) and animals (MERS). The researchers proposed bats as the most likely reservoir for SARS-CoV-2 as it is very similar to a bat coronavirus. There are no documented cases of direct bat-human
transmission, however, suggesting that an intermediate host was likely involved between bats and humans."

"In the other proposed scenario, a non-pathogenic version of the
virus jumped from an animal host into humans and then evolved to its current pathogenic state within the human population. For instance, some coronavirus from pangolins, armadillo-like mammals found
in Asia and Africa, have an RBD structure very similar to that of SARS-CoV-2. A coronavirus from pangolin could possibly have been transmitted to a human, either directly or through an intermediary
host such as civets or ferrets."

For those real science buffs out there, let me suggest this article in the
Global Health News Wire. The author is not provided within the piece at this point, but it mentions the close relationships that man has had with the animal kingdom.

Perhaps it is too easy to pass judgment on the appetite and behavior of other
societies, especially those of poorer stature. There are certainly many of those around the world. It is easy within our western civilization to look down on the habits of others. It is easy to pass
judgment. But that’s not what this is about. It’s not about societies; it’s about man’s interference (wherever he is from) upon the animal kingdom, upon nature itself. The fact that wealthier
countries exploit the not so fortunate ones only makes matters worse, leaving the poor to scavenge for themselves. To scavenge for what is left. Climate change only exacerbates that scenario. All of
this is an example of environmental injustice. So, what do we do?

Elizabeth Mrema states it this way:

"It would be good to ban the live
animal markets as China has done and some countries. But we should also remember you have communities, particularly from low-income rural areas, particularly in Africa, which are dependent on wild
animals to sustain the livelihoods of millions of people," she said."

"Mrema added that a ban on these
markets may help promote 'illegal trade in wild animals' if no clear alternative is in place."

Her answer:

"We need to look at how we
balance that and really close the hole of illegal trade in the future," she said.

Anthony Fauci, Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, recently said on the Fox Network:

"The novel coronavirus was a 'direct result' of unsanitary
marketplaces."

"It boggles my mind how, when we have so many diseases that emanate
out of that unusual human-animal interface, that we don't just shut it down,"

The Tom Harkin Global Communications Center, Atlanta, GA.

So again, where does this leave us? Perhaps with this thought.

Mankind has interfered in the natural processes too much. Look at the history of diseases of the
world. Look at the number and variety of diseases in the animal kingdom today. They are numerous and prevalent and becoming even more so over time. Climate change is not hindering their spread; it
exacerbates it. We can bring this closer to home by looking at the many diseases occurring right here on the natural landscape in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Brucellosis, chronic wasting
disease, distemper and so many more are affecting the wild as we know it. Diseases are affecting cervids, wolves, fish and amphibians. GWA invites you to learn more on this topic by checking out the
publication of Yellowstone Science, the Volume 15, number 2, 2007. The edition is entitled Disease Ecology and Wildlife Health in the Greater Yellowstone
Ecosystem3.

GWA is involved in many attempts to limit the spread of disease especially in those cases where
man has involved himself. We must remember that disease is a part of nature. It always has been. It is part of the natural process, but there are too many instances where man propagates that disease.
That is where GWA says enough is enough. We’re doing so by staking out positions against the elk feeding grounds in Wyoming. We’re doing so by trying to lessen the adverse effects of climate change
on moose whereby ticks due to warmer winters have spread disease. We’re doing so by trying to prevent the transmission of pneumonia diseases from domestic sheep to bighorn sheep on public lands. As
you can see from these examples, man is not only fostering an environment where animal and man transmissions can occur, he is also fomenting the transmissions of diseases among the animal kingdom
itself.

This proves the pain-staking reality that man has become a purveyor of sickness and disease. We
are forcing ourselves upon the natural selection process of the world by deciding which species live and die by playing God with the mentality that mankind must dominate the world. But by doing so,
it also opens up the opportunity for man to get bitten in the butt once in a while. This gets into a religious and philosophical discussion of who we are as a species. But just because man can
dominate the world with our machines, weapons and our ideas, doesn’t mean we should.

Remember those words of Elizabeth Mrema, when she said:

“The message we are getting isif we don’t take care of nature,
it will take care of us.”